Bicycle teardown revelation

[Uncle Stretch]

Ok this worked so cool I had to post it. I'm bored and I figure I will tear down the bike I stretched and finish it. I had put it together to make sure it was comfortable ride wise before I wasted time on the bondo and paint. I had it hanging in my shop and figured I might as well take the stuff off the back while it was hanging from a hook in the ceiling. Took it apart and never had to lift it or bend over. It worked so good I didn't get out my bike holder clamp thingie. The cool part was since I was stripping everything anyway, I just took the fork stuff off and left the front wheel and forks hanging in the hook. Try this sometimes and you will see it works really good.

 

[Tailwinds]

My bike stand's clamp head rotates 360, so, being tall I usually clamp the seat tube up near the seat clamp and then flip the bike upside down. Doing this seems to make just about every single task on the bike easier to do, especially when working on the rear wheel and the fork.

 

[Uncle Stretch]

Mine does too, but If you do the tear down on one hanging , you will be giggling like a little girl when you see how good it works. :wink:

 

[bean]

The mechanics at my LBS don't use "normal" type work stands. They have some steel pipes (a few different heights) welded to car rims that they use - they pull out the seat posts and do most of the work with the bike upside down, and they also have a couple of nylon straps hanging from the ceiling that they use to hang bikes from when they want to work on them the right way up.

 

[Uncle Stretch]

I stick a foot long piece of pipe in my vise and drop the seatpost in it to put fresh painted bikes together upside down. I almost let them dry before I build .

 

[aka_locojoe]

If I'm following you it's similar to how I work on mine. I hang them from a garage door rail I have wrapped with a rag so as not to mar the wheel. I might start by hanging a frame by the rear triangle, assembling the front end and then flip it around and hang by front wheel to assemble the rest of the bike.

 

[icyuod2]

i got about 4 hooks in the basement i use to hang bikes.
your right, there a great place to do teardowns.

 

[twomorestrokes]

Thanks for the ideas. I don't have a bike stand yet but I've got quite a few rubber coated bike hooks...

 

[Uncle Stretch]

I have a good bike stand , just taking it apart hanging there was so easy. I just kept taking things off and putting them up . The fork part was really cool. I thought it would fall or something when I took off all the big nuts and bearings , but by then its just a frame and really light. The crazy neck angle kinda holds it there. As I pulled the frame off the forks it left them and the front wheel just hanging and I didn't have to find a place to put them. They are ready to go back together.